file browser crashes

[dwhite]

OK. You could try purging then reinstalling Nautilus and trying again:

sudo apt-get purge nautilus

then:

sudo apt-get install nautilus

I tried this, everything seemed to work but then when i tried to open usr/bin in nautilus same result...crash

sorry to be a pain, but thanks for the help

[matt_symes]

Hi

Is anything being logged by nautilus in your ~/.xsession-errors file ?

Kind regards

[dwhite]

Hi

Is anything being logged by nautilus in your ~/.xsession-errors file ?

Kind regards

the most recent errors from nautilus in the ~/.xsession-errors file are:



(nautilus:2059): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

(nautilus:2059): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

(nautilus:2059): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_is_toplevel: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

(nautilus:2059): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_is_toplevel: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

(nautilus:2059): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_is_toplevel: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

(nautilus:2059): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_is_toplevel: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

(nautilus:2059): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_is_toplevel: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

(nautilus:2059): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_is_toplevel: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

(nautilus:2059): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_is_toplevel: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

(nautilus:2059): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

(nautilus:2059): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed
Initializing nautilus-gdu extension

(nautilus:2553): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

(nautilus:2553): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

(nautilus:2553): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed
Initializing nautilus-gdu extension

(nautilus:2571): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

(nautilus:2571): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

(nautilus:2571): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

(nautilus:2571): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

(nautilus:2571): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

(nautilus:2571): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

(nautilus:2571): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

(nautilus:2571): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

(nautilus:2571): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

(nautilus:2571): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

(nautilus:2571): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed
Initializing nautilus-gdu extension

[dnairb]

nautilus usr/bin

Unfortunately that will not work with nautilus. Good trick for most other software though.

Kind regards

The command was

nautilus /usr/bin

note the leading "/" - this does work on my system - try it.

Nautilus itself seems to be OK. I agree that there may well be errors in other parts of the system.

[dwhite]

The command was

nautilus /usr/bin

note the leading "/" - this does work on my system - try it.

Nautilus itself seems to be OK. I agree that there may well be errors in other parts of the system.

tried it with the leading "/" but still no errors show up in the terminal.

[dwhite]

when in nautilus anytime i click on anything on the

"Places" pane, an error is added to the .xsession-errors file

(nautilus:3768): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

is this normal?

not really a smile face in .xsession-errors the error is (nautilus:three seven six eight ):

[matt_symes]

Hi

The command was

nautilus /usr/bin

note the leading "/" - this does work on my system - try it.

Nautilus itself seems to be OK. I agree that there may well be errors in other parts of the system.

Yes that was my typo. I meant /usr/bin.

What output do you get on your system and what are you running ? I get no output either.

matthew@matthew-laptop:~$ nautilus /usr/bin
matthew@matthew-laptop:~$

Kind regards

[matt_symes]

Hi

Nautilus itself seems to be OK. I agree that there may well be errors in other parts of the system.

@dnairb

Did you ever come across a bug that crashed nautilus when viewing certain file types. I am in agreement with you. I think the install is probably alright.

I seem to remember reading this but i can't track down info.

Kind regards

[dnairb]

tried it with the leading "/" but still no errors show up in the terminal.

Hi



Yes that was my typo. I meant /usr/bin.

What output do you get on your system and what are you running ? I get no output either.

matthew@matthew-laptop:~$ nautilus /usr/bin
matthew@matthew-laptop:~$

Kind regards

@matt_symes:

When running the above command (in Lucid 10.04), nautilus opens at /usr/bin. If nautilus itself crashed, I would expect to see an error reported in terminal. As there is no further output in terminal, I believe that nautilus itself is not the problem.


@dwhite:

The .xsession-errors point to an error elsewhere in the system.

I myself have not encountered this before; it's possibly due to nautilus extensions (but you don't have any installed) or Ubuntu One perhaps?

[dnairb]

Hi



@dnairb

Did you ever come across a bug that crashed nautilus when viewing certain file types. I am in agreement with you. I think the install is probably alright.

I seem to remember reading this but i can't track down info.

Kind regards

@matt_symes:
I've not encountered this before myself.

@dwhite:
Another thought: it may be a media-preview issue perhaps:

In Nautilus: Edit - Preferences - Previews tab and try changing settings there.

I may be clutching at straws here. If this doesn't work, then I am at a loss as what to do next. Sorry